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Background and study aims
Care coordination in the day-to-day running of a health care provider, such as a hospital or community health centre, is an effective approach to ensure that patients receive the best possible care. A vital part of care coordination is that information is shared among everyone who plays a role in patient care. It has been found that many primary healthcare services (the first contact and point of continuing care for a patient) are poorly coordinated, which can lead to frustration in both patients and staff. The aim of this study is to try to improve the coordination of primary healthcare teams, so that better patient care is given.
Who can participate?
Primary healthcare teams at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centres.
What does the study involve?
The study consists of three phases. In the first phase, a small group of health care professionals attend focus groups in order to find ways to improve coordination of healthcare services. In the second phase, the same group attend a second set of focus groups to find the best ways of to implement the strategies from phase one into a primary healthcare setting. In the third phase of the study, the participating healthcare teams are randomly allocated into two groups. Both groups implement the strategies from the first phases of the study in their workplaces. The first group (intervention group) receives monthly feedback about how well the coordination is working and hold monthly meetings to discuss and improve their performance. The second group (control group) do not receive any feedback. Every month for the yearlong study period, the performance of both groups is observed, to find out how effective the strategies are.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
Not provided at time of registration.
Where is the study run from?
Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center (USA)
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
April 2014 to March 2017
Who is funding the study?
United States Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development (USA)
Who is the main contact?
1. Dr Sylvia Hysong (Scientific)
2. Ms Terry Fisher (Public)
Trial website
Contact information
Primary contact
Dr Sylvia Hysong
Contact details
2450 Holcombe Blvd
United States of America
Additional contact
Ms Terry Fisher
Contact details
2450 Holcombe Blvd
United States of America
+1 (0)713 794 8601
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Study information
Scientific title
Delivering point-of-care information to improve care coordination in VA pact
Study hypothesis
The aims are:
1. Develop measurable criteria for and indicators of effective coordination in PACTs, prioritized and weighted by contribution to overall quality of care
2. Using the measurable criteria developed in Aim 1, determine the specific information needed at the point of care to improve coordination and recommend point-of-care aids for delivering the needed information
3. Assess the effect of adopting the aforementioned coordination criteria on PACT clinicians' coordination behaviors
Ethics approval
Baylor College of Medicine institutional review board, 31/12/2014, ref: H-36145
Study design
Single-centre multi-phase mixed-methods partnership research study consisting of two observational cross-sectional focus group phases (phase 1 & 2) and an interventional non-randomized study phase (phase 3)
Primary study design
Secondary study design
Non randomised study
Trial setting
Trial type
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use contact details to request a participant information sheet
Coordination by care providers at the point of care
Phase 1: The first phase aims to develop measurable, prioritized point-of-care criteria for and indicators of effective PACT coordination. We will assemble a design team of 8-10 health care professionals representing a diversity of roles in the primary care team, and employ the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES) methodology to (a) develop objectives for coordination in primary care, (b), develop indicators to monitor the extent to which coordination objectives are being met, and (c) develop "contingencies" for each indicator, which are functions that show how much a given score on the indicator (e.g., 50% vs. 75%) contributes to overall effectiveness. ProMES is structured focus group style methodology firmly grounded in motivational theory and performance measurement; it utilizes diagnostic measurement to optimize the effectiveness and performance of people in complex organizations. An advisory team similar to the design team in size and composition will provide feedback to the design team at each step of the process (a-c above), to ensure validity and feasibility. By the end of Phase 1, we expect to have a set of valid, feasible, measures of coordination, which will have received the approval of the participating sites' leadership.
Phase 2: The second phase aims to identify the specific information needed at the point of care to improve coordination and recommend point-of-care aids for delivering the needed information. The participants for this aim will again be the members of the design and advisory teams described in Aim 1. A new round of 2-4 focus group meetings will be held to generate a list of specific needs at the point of care and proposed recommendations for addressing these needs. We will rely on the teams' expertise as clinicians and their experience having completed Phase 1 to generate our Phase 2 product: a list of evidence-based point-of-care aids for delivering the necessary point-of-care information that will facilitate coordination .
Phase 3: The final phase aims to assess the effect of adopting the aforementioned coordination criteria on PACT clinicians' coordination behaviors. This phase is a non-randomized trial with 2 arms: an intervention arm consisting of up to 50 PACTs , and concurrent control arm of similar size and configuration, which will only be monitored passively. The intervention arm will receive periodic feedback reports on their coordination performance consisting of their scores on the measures created in Phase 1, and will have monthly group meetings to reflect on the feedback received. We will monitor scores on the newly developed coordination measures for up to one year after the end of baseline, and compare the intervention arm's performance to that of the control arm. All the data for creating the measures will be extracted from exisiting VA clinical databases, thus making passive monitoring of the control arm possible. We will provide periodic audit and feedback reports on the PACTs' coordination performance (as measured by the indicators developed in Aim 1) to all PACTs in the intervention arm. These reports will be utilized in monthly feedback meetings between the PACT Teams and the PACT Team Leader to identify barriers and facilitators to productivity, and discuss strategies to implement needed change. PACT Team Leaders will be trained on how to run these feedback meetings; training will include interpretation of the feedback report, as well as instruction on delivering feedback in a team setting and discussing the results with the PACTs.
Intervention type
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Coordination will be assessed using the measures developed in Phase 1 of this study every month for a total period of one year.
Secondary outcome measures
Care coordination will be assessed every month for a total period of one year using measures currently used by the VA system, such as ER/Urgent Care Utilization Rates by primary care patients, and the Team 2-day post-discharge contact ratio.
Overall trial start date
Overall trial end date
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Participant inclusion criteria
Participants must hold one of the four central roles in a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT), also known as the "teamlet": provider (physician or physician extender), Care Manager (RN), Clinical Associate (LVN/LVN), or Patient Services Assistant (Clerk).
Participant type
Health professional
Age group
Target number of participants
Participant exclusion criteria
Extended members of the Patient Aligned Care Team, such as social workers, pharmacists, and nutritionists.
Recruitment start date
Recruitment end date
Countries of recruitment
United States of America
Trial participating centre
Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center
5000 W National Ave
United States of America
Sponsor information
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development (USA)
Sponsor details
810 Vermont AVE
United States of America
Sponsor type
Funder type
Funder name
United States Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development
Alternative name(s)
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Funding Body Subtype
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
We plan to publish the protocol for this study in Implementation Science as soon as we receive our trial registration number (the journal requires trial registration for publication of protocols). We have already published one paper, based generally on this study, about publication of partnered research protocols:
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not expected to be available
Basic results (scientific)
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Resolved: Targeted killing is a morally permissible foreign policy tool.
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Resolved: Targeted killing is a morally permissible foreign policy tool.
-Targeted killing: intentional killing of a noncombatant individual
-Morally permissible: Permitted by one's morals
-Foreign Policy tool: a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives
Resolution Analysis: Using targeted killing as a form of foreign policy tool when necessary. In cases of terrorism or against a negative government official in order to stop something that may happen in the future.
V: Role of Government
VC: Government ought protect its citizens
C1: Locke social contract
According to the Lockean Social Contract, Locke saw the social as a contract between society and the government to protect the rights of the individual. If citizens are displeased they have the right to rebel. This is why it is the government's role to please the people. If they do not this results in a state of war in which is a state of destruction, this is why the role of the government ought be valued.
The will of the people is to be protected from harm, this is why targeted killing is a morally permissible foreign policy tool. It stops harm to citizens by killing an individual who imposes a threat upon the people. Upholding the social contract results in a protection of people in which is the role of the government which ought be valued.
C2: National objectives ought be to eliminate threats.
The role of the government is to protect people. If any individual are to impose threat upon that country they are considered harmful. If targeted killing is considered they are obviously threatening your country in some way. For example a terrorist produces lack of security. A terrorist could likely take the peoples property away, or they could likely kill multiple people in your country.
By using targeted killing on a threat to your country you are eliminating chances of attacks on your own country. By valuing the role of the government a country, a country is protecting its citizens in which is achieving the social contract. If a country does not uphold the social contract, it ought be considered immoral. Since the role of a government is to protect its people.
C3: Results of not targeted killing not being morally permissible.
There may likely be multiple negative results if targeted killing is not morally permissible. Such as, loss of citizens lives, loss of freedom, or loss of property. If a country allows this to happen they are not upholding the social contract. Therefore, they are not doing what is best for their citizens. Not doing what is best for your citizens is immoral according to social contract.
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But the soccer season is upon us once more, and thus life becomes all about South Melbourne Hellas for the next few months, for some of us more than others. Good on you if you can keep your passion in check, releasing it at the appropriate moment during the weekend. Some of us however are beyond redemption, spending every waking hour attached to Twitter or the forums looking for any bit of news or something to take offence to.
The South Melbourne men's season will be dominated by one thing - the after-shocks following the Chris Taylor sacking. Everything is going to exist in its shadow. Off the field, who knows what's going to occur? Will the social club begin to hit its stride? What about the futsal court? Will anyone else step up to organise a rival ticket? Will anyone tell us something tangible about our A-League bid, or will we have to read about it in the press?
Our champion WNPL side is also back in action this week, though like the men's team they'll be away for a good portion of the first part of the year. I do intend to try and make it to more of their games this season. I wish that more of their opponents weren't in monstrously inaccessible locales.
We'll always have those satay chicken skewers at the South Melbourne Christmas party
Apparently off-season signing Darby Dexter has signed over at Hume City. When I say apparently, I mean I read it on this blog in the comments somewhere, not that the club put that info out. Now the question is, who do you trust more? The club's deeply dishonest and manipulative media service, or some anonymous contributor posting to a poorly moderated blog? That's what I thought.
No 'new' teams this year
In the league at least, all our opponents, including the promoted pair of Northcote and Dandenong Thunder, will be familiar to us. The only notable difference will be some of the match days and kickoff times may be a little different to what we're used to.
Oh, and at some point we'll know where Avondale are going to be playing home games this season; they say Reggio Calabria Club, but that's going to need a lot of work, so they'll probably end up at Paisley Park or something. Barring an FFA Cup match up, that won't be a problem for South fans to deal with until very late in the home and away season.
I don't know what the condition of the various surfaces will be like, if lighting has been improved, or whether we'll ever be allowed on the outer side of Port Melbourne ever again, but that's par for the course - most venue changes tend to be more subtle than revolutionary, and as summer becomes autumn and autumn becomes winter, and the grounds get a ton of usage under their belts, things get that little bit more unplayable regardless of how well things started.
Perhaps the most notable change in venue status - aside from wherever Avondale end up - is at the Veneto Club, which has a new synthetic pitch.
Lucky us, we're the first visiting side to try it out.Also in NPLV stadium news Bulleen Lions home David Barro Stadium is having resurfacing works. The players will enjoying a much smoother synthetic pitch. First game will be round 1 vs South Melbourne Monday night the 26th of February pic.twitter.com/4bYeSkMJP4— Chris Gleeson (@gleebo41) December 24, 2017
Who are the teams to beat?
Got me stumped. Despite everything that's happened, we should be competitive - it's still a good squad, although depth in certain areas will always be an issue.
It's probably now or never for Green Gully and Arthur Papas. Avondale has gone off the deep end with its player signings. The Bergers look about the same as last year, albeit with probably no King Kenny for a good chunk of the year. Have heard stuff all about what Oakleigh's done during the off-season. Bentleigh have had a huge turnover in players, and Hume is going for the daring/stupid approach of hiring a captain-coach.
At the bottom end, everyone seems to be saying Northcote, Port and Bulleen are going to be thrashing it out to avoid relegation, with little mention of Kingston being in that mix, but how do you know for sure? What I think we can say for near certain is that overall this season's competition will be stronger if for no other reason then the fact that we've disposed of two very poor teams in North Geelong and St Albans, and replaced them with at least one much more credible contender in Dandenong Thunder. The team that finished third last in 2017, Melbourne Knights, also looks like it's snapped out of its malaise. As for Pascoe Vale, it looks like they've stalled a bit, but all it takes is a good start and early points on the board to overturn expectations.
But really, all this is background noise to the only thing which matters, which is the FFA Cup. Because the Bergers won the national NPL playoffs last year, Victoria gets an extra FFA Cup spot in 2018, though I'm not sure how FFV will go about sorting out qualification in the event that Heidelberg also make it to the final four/Dockerty Cup stage.
It's a Greek, Greek, Greek, Greek World
To bring it back for a moment to the composition of the league, which is now seven Greek teams out of fourteen competitors. Half! We have the president, we have connections, and we've been dominating on-field as well.
- 2013 - Grand final winner, Northcote, runner up Bentleigh, preliminary final South Melbourne
- 2014 - (no finals), 1st South, 2nd Oakleigh, 3rd Heidelberg, 4th Bentleigh
- 2015 - Grand final winner Bentleigh, runner up South (minor premier), 3rd place Heidelberg. South and Oakleigh also in the Dockerty Cup final
- 2016 - Grand final winner South, runner up Oakleigh, losing semi-finalists Heidelberg and Bentleigh. Bentleigh won the Dockerty Cup final.
- 2017 - South, Heidelberg and Bentleigh top three, and Bentleigh and Bergers in the Dockerty Cup final.
Assorted social media stuff
The media interest in the lead up to this season has been very subdued, to the point of being invisible That goes for the clubs as much as it does for FFV and even the Corner Flag site. What has caused this I don't know, but there appears to be a general torpor around promotion of the league. Now regular readers will know that I'm as fond of an existential languor as anyone - indeed, I've inadvertently based my life's philosophy upon it - but you can't help feel it's not exactly what we should be aiming for.
Anyway, some people out there maybe want to keep in touch with league happenings outside the weekend, or wish to enhance their local soccer experience by the use of social media.
For those playing along on Twitter, this year there is no major sponsor for the competition, and thus the #PS4NPLVIC hashtag is dead. For the time being, we've been instructed to use #NPLVIC. There may be a naming rights sponsor signed up eventually, which would see the hashtag change again.
Though the state leagues starting date is still a month away, if you happen to be at a state league game, following the @ffv365 account is the best way to keep up to date with live scores from the state leagues, though the account can be a bit erratic in how promptly it retweets scores. If you happen to be a Twitter user at a state league game, and you wish to note a goal in a tweet to get retweeted by the FFV account, use @FFV365 not #FFV365.
Of course, the best way to keep up to date with NPL and NPL2 scores as they happen is the Futbol24 app. Berate the gamblers as I do, their interest in our leagues seems to surpass that of most organisations. If you find the FFV sites a bit of a mess to use for scores and ladders, the UK soccer pools site Soccer Aust has a crummy, ancient look, but excellent usability.
FFV will once again be broadcasting games on internet radio via the Mixlr app, with games also streamed at mixlr.com/ffvradio/. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but the commentary teams are good, and sometimes there's even a bit of audience interactivity.
As for the Facebook and Instagram people, I couldn't care less about those mediums, so you're on your own there. A lot of clubs seem to prefer Facebook for news and score updates, but I've made my choice of preferred social media tools, and I stick by that decision.
Contribute to South of the Border
As always, the opportunity is there for readers to contribute to South of the Border, in whatever way you can think of that won't get me sued, or which doesn't come across as a sovereign citizen style rant against FFA or whatever - that's what Twitter is for. Ongoing or one-off contributions welcome.


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Event and party planners have the same fundamental decision to make and that is hiring the best event security staff (SIA licence holders) for their function.
When making this determination you could decide to adopt the path ofminimal resistance and contract either the first security company that you encounter or go with the cheapest option you were able to find.
This attitude is fine if all you are looking to do is fulfil an insurance requirement or look to have positions filled but this could be a costly mistake as you cannot guarantee the quality of event security operative you are hiring.
What you have to remember is that event security personnel (SIA licence approved) are often the first point of contact when anyone turns up to your occasion and if their image and demeanour are completely unsatisfactory then it will reflect badly on you.
As event security members are almost always the first point of contact for patrons, then should you get the staffing wrong then you will very quickly realise that your career has been irrevocably stained and will be beyond redemption.
In addition to the wastage of the budget money, your reputation for being the purveyor of quality services is now defunct.
When it comes to employing security staff the old saying of quality over quantity is perhaps the most apt idea of what you need to keep in mind when considering your choice of security operative.
When choosing a possible event security contractor I would advocate seeking that extra something.
Go for a security company (SIA licence registered) that employs those who have extra core skills, core skills that have been proven on an almost daily basis, someone whose background may stem from the likes of the emergency services.
The reasoning behind this is that not only do they have the same understanding of all aspects of security but they will be trained to a higher degree in trauma management, they will have road traffic collision knowledge, emergency response driver experience and numerous other skills that an ordinary security operative will never acquire.
If you are responsible for the organisation of a function and if you are given the chance of either hiring two security operatives who are on minimum wage or hiring a single guy who is, at the outset, more costly but has all of the formerly mentioned additional attributes then I would select the lone guy.
SIA Licence: And the reason for this?
Simple, the two receiving minimum wage will not contribute any extra effort, while the single operative is a known professional and will be committed to satisfying any agreed brief to the best of their abilities.
When you begin to look at it from this perspective then you will understand that you are receiving the best value for your investment, an excellent representative for your organisation, an operative who is tried and experienced in demanding environments and a person who is able to deal with a host of extra scenarios.
Do your research and source an up and coming security company who look to provide event security operatives who are drawn not only from ex military backgrounds but from the emergency services.
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The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is mandated by law to regulate the private security industry, and it is their job to promote professionalism within their ranks. In order to make effect this, a SIA licensing requirement was promulgated to ensure that individuals under their jurisdiction possess the necessary qualifications to perform their designated tasks, and to police them as well. Oftentimes, SIA courses have to be taken and the corresponding examination passed for one to be able to apply for a license.
If you are looking forward to a successful career in the field of private security in UK, a SIA license is very important since it is now becoming a standard requirement of employers. In fact, it will be difficult to get a private security related job without this. To this end, taking the appropriate SIA course (or courses) and being assessed favourably is a must.
The basic requirements in enrolling for any SIA course are as follows:
You have to be 18 years old (and proof of your age is required).
You will have to pass a criminal history evaluation.
In some cases, you may be asked for a testament pertaining to your mental well-being.
Given these easily attainable prerequisites almost anybody can take SIA courses, and upon completing and passing them, apply for the appropriate license. This will then open employment avenues in the private security industry.
Note that the Authority itself does not provide these courses, but they have designated training providers to administer them. Usually, the trainers also give career orientation so that the individual will have a better appreciation of the career he/she is faced with. Some even go to the extent of referring their passers (and eventual license holders) to recruiters. This facilitates employment, which is of course beneficial to the individual.
Upon successfully completing a SIA course, getting a license is not difficult. More often than not, assistance in the form of a step by step guide on becoming SIA licensed is given by the training provider. It is for the advantage of the individual that he/she applies for a license immediately after course completion so as to be able to gain employment in the industry as soon as possible.
When choosing a training provider for a SIA course, one should consider the credentials of the trainers. Ideally, they are supposed to be professionals with extensive experience in the industry. Other factors like license passing rate, provision for e-learning and other forms of assistance should likewise be taken into consideration.


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Regular Meetings
- The next meeting of the New Castle County Financial Advisory Council (NCCFAC) will be on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 8:15 a.m. The date for the following meeting is decided at each meeting.
- New Castle County Government Center
Large Executive Conference Room
Second Floor
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New Castle, DE 19720
NCCFAC meeting agendas will be posted here.
- NCCFAC 5/8/18 Meeting Agenda (PDF)
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View archived NCCFAC meeting agendas.
NCCFAC meeting minutes are approved at the next scheduled meeting and will be posted here once approved.
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Meeting Handouts
Handouts distributed and reviewed at each NCCFAC meeting will be posted here.
- NCCFAC 5/8/18 Meeting Handouts (PDF)
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View archived NCCFAC meeting handouts.
Memoranda to Executive and Council
Revenue forecasts reviewed by NCCFAC will be posted here.
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Annual Reports
NCCFAC Annual Reports will be posted here.
- Rich Davis, Chair
- Jill Floore
- Edward Milowicki
- Mark Oller
- Owen Mathews
- Michael Ferretti
- Julie Pfeffer
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The New Castle County Financial Advisory Council is a nine-member board that meets at least three times annually and otherwise as determined by the chairperson. The purpose of the board is to advise the county executive, county council, and chief financial officer regarding current and projected economic conditions and trends, particularly as they affect New Castle County.
Membership Requirements
Members shall possess the ability to review, comprehend, and comment upon financial data and project future revenue and expenditures based on available data relevant to past trends and the current economic environment.
No more than three of the members appointed by the county executive or county council shall be of the same political party. Council and the executive may each appoint no more than one representative from New Castle County government.
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The unsung heroes of the Soviet space program outsmart the competition on a daily basis – breaking records and making history. A lone flight technician dreams of reaching the stars. However, as she climbs closer to success, the price of victory and the sins of a nation reveal themselves.
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It's among the watchwords of the PulpRev community that message fiction is opposed to entertainment. The current holders of the sci-fi citadel promote message fiction and are thus unentertaining and this is why they're wrong.
I've got problems with that paradigm. If "message fiction" as a term is limited to "fiction which promotes ideas contrary to reality", then I tend to agree, message fiction is a problem. And we do see this type of fiction present across the entertainment landscape, especially around matters of sex, family, religion, nations, history, politics…
But as we see with Burroughs, this isn't the only sort of message fiction that's out there. In A Princess of Mars, Burroughs has clear messages to his fiction – heroism in the face of danger, purity of romantic intention, honor and nobility civilizing brutishness, loyalty and love of one's leaders… The whole story is a kind of handbook on acting like a heroic gentleman. John Carter is not analyzed by Burroughs. Rather, he is given forth as a model for young men to imitate.
Take for instance Carter's romance with Dejah Thoris. In the chapter "Love-making on Mars", we see Carter as the consummate gentlemen attempting to woo the object of his desires, not with seduction, but by gracious conversation. Dejah Thoris, for her part, responds with ever growing wonder at the masculine virtues he embodies – both a virile ferocity and a tender heart:
"I presume it is the better part of wisdom that we bow to our fate with as good grace as possible, Dejah Thoris; but I hope, nevertheless, that I may be present the next time that any Martian, green, red, pink, or violet, has the temerity to even so much as frown on you, my princess."
Dejah Thoris caught her breath at my last words, and gazed upon me with dilated eyes and quickening breath, and then, with an odd little laugh, which brought roguish dimples to the corners of her mouth, she shook her head and cried:
"What a child! A great warrior and yet a stumbling little child."
"What have I done now?" I asked, in sore perplexity.
"Some day you shall know, John Carter, if we live; but I may not tell you. And I, the daughter of Mors Kajak, son of Tardos Mors, have listened without anger," she soliloquized in conclusion.
Then she broke out again into one of her gay, happy, laughing moods; joking with me on my prowess as a Thark warrior as contrasted with my soft heart and natural kindliness.
"I presume that should you accidentally wound an enemy you would take him home and nurse him back to health," she laughed.
"That is precisely what we do on Earth," I answered. "At least among civilized men."
-Burroughs, Edgar Rice. A Princess of Mars (Kindle Locations 1150-1159). Kindle Edition.
We later find out he had applied a term of great love to Dejah Thoris (My princess), though had ignorantly done so without (gasp!) making clear his intentions to make an honest woman out of her. In fact, this conversation ends with her so shocked at his ignorance that she storms away:
"Do people kiss, then, upon Barsoom?" I asked, when she had explained the word she used, in answer to my inquiry as to its meaning.
"Parents, brothers, and sisters, yes; and," she added in a low, thoughtful tone, "lovers."
"And you, Dejah Thoris, have parents and brothers and sisters?"
"And a—lover?"
She was silent, nor could I venture to repeat the question.
"The man of Barsoom," she finally ventured, "does not ask personal questions of women, except his mother, and the woman he has fought for and won."
"But I have fought—" I started, and then I wished my tongue had been cut from my mouth; for she turned even as I caught myself and ceased, and drawing my silks from her shoulder she held them out to me, and without a word, and with head held high, she moved with the carriage of the queen she was toward the plaza and the doorway of her quarters.
-Burroughs, Edgar Rice. A Princess of Mars (Kindle Locations 1182-1189). Kindle Edition.
The handbook is not only for gentlemen. In Dejah Thoris, we find how a woman should react to a man who claims her illicitly – with utter disdain.
This sort of purity of romantic intention is present even in the villains of the tale. Sab Than, once he lays eyes upon Dejah Thoris and falls in love with her, seeks to make her his wife. That any man would treat a woman as a possession to be used as he wills is only among the qualities of Tal Hajus, the degenerate Jeddak of Thark. And his end reveals another aspect of true virtue:
"Chieftains of Thark," I cried, turning to the assembled council and ignoring Tal Hajus, "I have been a chief among you, and today I have fought for Thark shoulder to shoulder with her greatest warrior. You owe me, at least, a hearing. I have won that much today. You claim to be just people—"
"Silence," roared Tal Hajus. "Gag the creature and bind him as I command."
"Justice, Tal Hajus," exclaimed Lorquas Ptomel. "Who are you to set aside the customs of ages among the Tharks."
"Yes, justice!" echoed a dozen voices, and so, while Tal Hajus fumed and frothed, I continued.
"You are a brave people and you love bravery, but where was your mighty jeddak during the fighting today? I did not see him in the thick of battle; he was not there. He rends defenseless women and little children in his lair, but how recently has one of you seen him fight with men? Why, even I, a midget beside him, felled him with a single blow of my fist. Is it of such that the Tharks fashion their jeddaks? There stands beside me now a great Thark, a mighty warrior and a noble man. Chieftains, how sounds, Tars Tarkas, Jeddak of Thark?"
A roar of deep-toned applause greeted this suggestion.
"It but remains for this council to command, and Tal Hajus must prove his fitness to rule. Were he a brave man he would invite Tars Tarkas to combat, for he does not love him, but Tal Hajus is afraid; Tal Hajus, your jeddak, is a coward. With my bare hands I could kill him, and he knows it."
After I ceased there was tense silence, as all eyes were riveted upon Tal Hajus. He did not speak or move, but the blotchy green of his countenance turned livid, and the froth froze upon his lips.
"Tal Hajus," said Lorquas Ptomel in a cold, hard voice, "never in my long life have I seen a jeddak of the Tharks so humiliated. There could be but one answer to this arraignment. We wait it." And still Tal Hajus stood as though electrified.
"Chieftains," continued Lorquas Ptomel, "shall the jeddak, Tal Hajus, prove his fitness to rule over Tars Tarkas?"
There were twenty chieftains about the rostrum, and twenty swords flashed high in assent.
There was no alternative. That decree was final, and so Tal Hajus drew his long-sword and advanced to meet Tars Tarkas.
The combat was soon over, and, with his foot upon the neck of the dead monster, Tars Tarkas became jeddak among the Tharks.
-Burroughs, Edgar Rice. A Princess of Mars (Kindle Locations 2334-2351). Kindle Edition.
Here we see the call to nobility, and honor over the degenerate rule of force exerted by Tal Hajus. The Tharks, for all their faults, have within themselves the possibility of rising above the brutality of their people (unlike the Warhoons who end badly). In Tars Tarkas, we see one inspired by John Carter's virile virtue and becomes a great leader of his people.
How one could not call this and similar portions of Burroughs' novel message fiction is beyond me. The difference is that this, for all its fantastical elements, is grounded firmly in reality. Men are men, nobility is nobility, glory is glory, sacrifice is sacrifice (see his protection of Dejah Thoris from the Warhoons).
The elements of fancy, the exotic locale, the foreign practices – all this is there to magnify reality, to make it all the more enchanting. A Princess of Mars is remembered for its setting, yes. But it thrills the heart because of the virtue it inspires. The message is integral to the entertainment.
This is message fiction done right.


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Qiuzhi Zhu; Lijia Zhu; Jun Zhou
- Title:
- Chinese multinationals gain further momentum
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Zhu, Lijia
Zhou, Jun
- Date:
- 2010
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- The third annual survey of the leading Chinese multinationals, conducted by the School of Management at Fudan University and the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (VCC) at Columbia University in New York, released its results, indicating that Chinese multinationals are gaining strong growth momentum on the world stage. The survey was conducted in 2010 and covered the year 2008.
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Earlier this week I got to do two of my favourite things – I got to hang out with some of my lovely blogger friends and eat some pretty tasty food at newly opened Gourmet Burger Kitchen. Happy days!
Let be honest Burger Lane (formerly St Vincent Street) is now over run with large chain Burger Stores, here is the thing tho are the big chains too late to the party in Glasgow? We all now have our favourite local independent burger bar that we are reasonably loyal to. I for example post my colour to the Bread Meats Bread mast, some of my favourite food bloggers are die hard Burger Meats Bun fans, and I know some people who only eat burgers in Jacker De Viande or Lebowskis.
2015 is certainly going to be interesting as they all now have to battle it out to carve room in the already over saturated market for themselves.
Right, for those who haven't eaten in a GBK before the concept is basically an upscale McDonalds meets Nandos. You wait at the door until a member of staff shows you to a table, you are given a menu and a table number, and are then told to go to the bar where you order and pay. Easy enough concept that we are all familiar with by now.
The decor in GBK is fairly relaxed and welcoming, nothing controversial or crazy is present. It feels spacious but still retains a nice buzz in the restaurant.
The staff we actually had very little to do with, they sat us down, told us how to order, then brought our food. They were pleasant enough in doing in but we have very little interaction with them, as is the intention in these types of restaurants.
The menu is pretty impressive with a good selection of burgers and sides that I liked the sound of. Once we devoured the menu we decided to order halloumi bites and chicken skewers from the 'While You Wait' section, and I settled on the Salvador burger, sweet potato fries and a nutella milkshake.
Off I toddled to the bar to order…..
Halloumi – Sold out!
Chicken Skewers – Sold out!
Salvador Burger – yip…..Sold out!
Oh and would I mind if they made my nutella milkshake with chocolate ice cream as the vanilla was out of stock….at this point my head was in my hands and a mumbled 'aye fine' was offered.
So in the end I actually ordered the Blitzen Burger which consisted of crispy bacon, deep-fried camembert, Mrs. Claus burger sauce, baby spinach, spiced cranberry ketchup. Along with Sweet Potato Fries and baconnaise, onion rings and a chocolate nutella milkshake.
The food arrived pretty quickly and looked really good, I had previously arranged with Herby to split our burgers. We started by tucking into her Cajun Blue, described as Cajun blackened chicken, blue cheese slaw, rocket, pickled onion. This burger was delicious, don't be put off by the mention of Blue Cheese Slaw, it really does just offer to enhance the flavour of the Cajun chicken. A lovely burger which I would happily order again.
Next we dove into the Blitzen Burger which tasted good, if slightly heavy in comparison to the chicken burger, but that is to be expected given that it is topped with a giant lump of deep fried camembert. The flavours worked beautifully together and I would definitely order this again. On the whole I am not a massive fan of chain food but this is easily the nicest chain burger I have ever had.
I feel that I need to gush about the baconnaise sauce…it is EPIC! A Bacon Mayonnaise, why has this not been in my life before now. This sauce is made in store every day and frankly can only be described as Lush Perfection in a dish. This is a 'Must Try'
The sweet potato fries where great, the onion rings were light and not greasy and the huge nutella milkshake was thick and tasted great..even with the chocolate ice cream.
Just a word of warning, I may have described it as an upscale McDonalds but for 2 burgers, 2 drinks, 2 fries and onion rings it was just shy of £40. Don't get me wrong I don't have a problem with what I paid and think it was good value, I just wanted to mention that it's not a cheap fast food restaurant.
All in all I wouldn't make a special trip to GBK, but if I was passing or I wanted a burger and Bread Meats Bread was full (which it is so much of the time) I would 100% happily pop in here to enjoy some pretty tasty burgers with lots and lots of baconnaise.
Just so you know I have only scored them 5 for menu choice as 3 of the 5 things I wanted to order were not available and 1 was changed due to not having vanilla ice cream. The menu selection is actually very good but I always score on my personal experience.


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In a recent piece I wrote titled "American Hope", I touched on the wave of positivity that has come over the United States over the past several months since Donald Trump was elected President. I really do believe that we are standing on the precipice of great change, and that those of us on the right have a special optimism that can help us to move towards a good future. But we must not allow our hopefulness and trust in the President blind us to the very real dangers faced by the United States, and the dangers faced by the rest of the world.
With the capacity for great goodness comes also the possibility of dire evil.
I've been watching a television show called Warfighters. It's an un-narrated show that is told entirely in first-person accounts by American veterans, who also worked behind the camera and helped to shape the show. I've seen five episodes so far, and I highly recommend watching it. Whether or not you're particularly interested in "war shows", or necessarily supported the War on Terror (Which the series focuses on), it is a very valuable piece of television. It has moved me to tears, but more importantly, each episode has brought me as a Canadian a little closer to really understanding American patriotism and why it matters.
Watching these veterans has really made me realize just how lucky I am to live in a country where I have human rights, not to mention having my health and all of my limbs. Listening to their positive attitudes after facing things I cannot even fathom (and the scars which come afterwards) has left me feelings so thankful. I may be Canadian, but the American military protects my country, too. Yes, even though we may be becoming more rare (especially in light of what I consider to be an impending Islam crisis in Canada), there are Canadians who love America and see our neighbors to the South as our closest and most important allies. I'm proud to say I'm one of them.
American patriotism is something I grew up seeing as almost a bad thing. Canadians in general are not as patriotic about our own country as Americans are about theirs. Many parts of Canada, including where I grew up, are extremely multi-cultural, which makes it a lot harder to really have a strong national identity in the first place (though not impossible – there are many Canadian values I am proud of). So society at large in Canada tends to lean away from any sort of nationalist thought.
My family in particular is quite left wing, and naturally I grew up impacted by a lot of my father's views in particular as one tends to do. I always saw Americans as sort of war-hungry imperialists, who went out into the world to pillage the poor and whose wealth was only due to their stealing from others. Needless to say, as I started to develop my own views as an adult, I began to see a much more nuanced picture.
This is not to say I think America or the American military is perfect. Far from it. Like any country, and any force, there have been terrible decisions made and acts of evil committed, both domestically and abroad. However, America is pretty great, and I am sick and tired of the entirety of our education and media downplaying the accomplishments of the West in general and America in particular.
My view on patriotism has taken a complete 180 degree turn.
American patriotism is a good thing, for myriad reasons. The beautiful flag, the American troops and American vets, The Star Spangled Banner, the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Constitution in general… America the beautiful, indeed. There's a lot to love.
But there's another reason I have come to see patriotism as something so important to fight for.
Remember how I said we're standing at a critical point in history? I think everyone reading this will agree that we want to move forward in the best way we can, and make the world better, not worse.
Well, if we want a good future, patriotism is the only option. German patriotism. Canadian patriotism. Swedish patriotism. French patriotism. Dutch patriotism. Western patriotism in general. And, in my opinion, the most important: American patriotism.
Because the alternative is white nationalism.
White nationalism is a terrible idea. I thought that those of us on the right opposed identity politics?! I guess that view doesn't apply when we're talking about white people, who should, apparently, take pride in something they did nothing to achieve because they happened to fall out of a white vagina.
Sorry, I find that stupid and lazy.
I'm proud of being a Westerner because my life has been part of a society which values human rights and freedom. My own choices within that society have helped to uphold Western civilization. Even though my own personal contributions may be small, but I also do my part to support those who make bigger contributions to maintaining and guarding Western society. That's something to be proud of. It's the same reason I'm a lot quicker to say I'm proud to be a mother than proud to be a woman.
I recognize that people have a general inclination to instinctively align with those who look like us and speak like us. That knee jerk reaction isn't bad – it's just evolution. We're better than that, which is why the Western world has thrived and become a bastion of tolerance for all people. Innocently saying "I'm a proud black woman!" isn't even what I'm talking about here, anyway. I'm not some sort of "never be proud of things you didn't achieve" purist.
However, when you make your ethnic identity more important than your cultural identity, that can quickly become a problem. And I think the world will be made worse for it, the same way American racial tensions and gender tensions have been made worse by identity politics playing out domestically.
Back to Warfighters for a moment. On the show, they feature veterans of various ethnic backgrounds. I found myself deeply humbled to see men who were clearly of Mexican descent (one particular soldier had parents who looked like a coed Mariachi band, so forgive me for assuming) who had literally given their limbs to protect America and the American way of life. They are heroes, patriots, and Americans, and I hope God blesses them for their sacrifice.
Now, white nationalists.
Are we seriously going to act as though those men shouldn't be American because they aren't white? Are you kidding me? Dear Richard Spencer: When you lose a limb in Afghanistan, maybe you'll have a tiny sliver of credibility when you sit there and wish to claim America for your "white ethnostate". Give me a break. (And, no, I don't think he should have been punched in the face, nor do I think he doesn't have a right to speak.)
I realize I'm going after some segments of the alt-right here, but don't misread me: the Left is just as much to blame for the rise of this idiocy, perhaps even more so. They are the kings of identity politics, and they have the gall to use education and the media to spread their divisive garbage.
But what they've done to American patriotism is even more dangerous.
The Left has demonized loving your own country. The Left has painted America as evil, so of course, to love America is to love the Evil, White Supremacist, Imperialist, Colonialist, Capitalist, Oppressive Patriarchy!
People need an identity. People need a community. When I watch these veterans who are willing to die to save another soldier, even someone that they have never met, it really shows me just how powerful it is to be a part of something.
As we stand at this critical juncture, facing the behemoths of Islamicization and Globalism, what community are we going to fight for? Are we going to fight to stand beside people based on the color of their skin, or are we going to stand beside our countrymen and the values we all hold most dear?
Be an American patriot or be a white nationalist. I know what I choose.


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Football Federation Australia (FFA) and Zurich Australia today announced that the financial services company's successful multi-million dollar sponsorship of the Hyundai A-League football competition will continue for a further three years to the end of the 2010-2011 Season.
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"We are delighted to announce that our partnership with our good friends at Zurich Australia has been extended for a further three seasons," said FFA CEO Ben Buckley.
"Zurich was one of the first companies to join the then fledgling A-League competition in 2005 and they showed enormous confidence in the new competition, as well as an understanding of the importance of referees to the game.
"The Hyundai A-League is now an established part of the Australian sporting landscape and people such as David Smith and his team at Zurich Australia have helped contribute to this success," concluded Buckley.
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The Buddha taught that truth and liberation are to be found not in complex philosophies, but rather in our bodies, each other, and in the natural world around us. More recent discoveries in the field of neuroscience have not only confirmed this truth, but have helped further the conversation. In this talk, we will explore the origin story of the Buddha's enlightenment, the implications it contains for our own personal journeys, and what neuroscience has to say in concert about the unfolding process of our own conscious evolution. We will also explore techniques for bringing these theories into direct experience through meditation.
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Ralph De La Rosa is a heart centered psychotherapist, meditation instructor, writer, and transformative life coach. In 2008, he founded Rebel Heart Meditation, a weekly class that blends meditation, psychology, and neuroscience, to form discussion about the transformative potential of our messy modern lives. Ralph also teaches at MNDFL, NYC's premier drop-in meditation studio, and with Susan Piver's online community, the Open Heart Project.
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Ralph began practicing meditation in 1996 within the bhakti yoga tradition and became a student of Amma (Mata Amritananda Mayi) in 2000. He began studying Buddhism in 2005 and holds vows within the Shambhala Buddhist lineage.
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It's 3:13AM, can't sleep, how about a Lúcio x Fem!Reader for me plz?😅🙏😁 Gotta have a story with FAM, mah main man, DAT BOI y'know! XD Could it be like either we're at one of his concerts, doing a payload/capture point, or we just chilling with other Overwatch members~
WHAAAT RWBY vol 4 comes out in October?!?! This isn't Overwatch-related but I love RWBY too and didn't know that!
Cat_themidget Aug 17, 2016
SO EXCITED (definitely not dying from fangirling...honestly where did you get that idea from you silly goose...)
Okey this stuff should be about Overwatch now right? Hmm *thinks of what kinda x reader I want*
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Lol I like your Book cover. (Im a WidowMaker Main) and you earned a follower!
Can u make a Winston x FemReader? I barely see x reader stories with Winston~


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Five Top Tips for the Perfect First Impression
What's in your welcome pack and when was the last time you thought about it?
We all know how important first impressions are and your property folder and welcome pack are two great ways of adding a personal touch and ensuring your guests get off to a great start.
1. Take the stress away
Your guests may have travelled a long way so think about what would help you relax, a nice cup of tea and a cheeky biscuit perhaps? Make sure they have all they will need to make the most of the property the moment they walk in with starter packs for woodburners, instructions on how to work the smart TV and fresh milk for the first cupper.
When arriving in a new town or village, guest are unlikely to know much about the local area so in addition to having the WiFi code close to hand, include information in your property folder about local places to eat and how to get there.
2. Suffolk Explorer
Once fed and watered, guests will be ready to venture out and explore all the fantastic activities and sights Suffolk has to offer so why not give them a helping hand? In addition to including leaflets on attractions that may be further afield, include local transport options and top tips which they may not have known otherwise; they'll thank you for it!
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Leave your customers wishing they had more time and they will soon be back! Suggest walks, seasonal tours, restaurants to try, pubs to discover and local wildlife to spot; there's nothing better than a personal recommendation and it will build a great relationship, encouraging them to book again.
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Bugs and bagels were Alvin Burger's businesses and nobody did them like Al.
You can also call him Grampa — spelled just like that, Burger always insisted. Cuddlier that way.
"He was the best father and the best Grampa," said Susan Burger of her father, who founded the Bugs Burger Bug Killers (BBBK) pest extermination company and the popular Roasters 'n Toasters in Pinecrest. "He always believed in the best of everyone, which, unfortunately, led people to take advantage of him sometimes."
Burger (rhymes with merger), who died at 82 on Monday, would concede his daughter's point when he felt the need to hire a new vice president of operations in 1978 to help boost profits at BBBK.
"I'm a very trusting person, and I used to be open to a lot of sob stories. I know how to run a mom-and-pop operation, but with this kind of operation I needed a strong administrator," he told the Miami Herald in a 1983 story.
Wife Sandee Burger chuckles. "He was exceptional to the employees. We were 50-50 partners in that. … The good guy and the bad guy. He was the good guy," she said.
When the couple sold BBBK to S.C. Johnson Wax in 1986, the Burgers gave 5 percent of their proceeds back to their employees by years served, not by position. Burger also did pro bono work at a Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem to eliminate infestations. Temple Judea in Coral Gables honored the couple for their good deeds, along with dedication to Jewish, charitable and community causes in 1991.
Bugs Burger Bug Killers, founded with his wife out of a bedroom at his mother-in-law's house in Miami in 1960, proved so distinctive with its guarantee to eliminate all pests that Harvard Business School still uses BBBK as a model for one of its courses.
And with all of South Florida's New York transplants — Burger was one of them, born in Albany on Aug. 2, 1933 — who doesn't hunger for a schmear of cream cheese on a toasted bagel? Roasters 'n Toasters, a deli and coffee shop Burger founded in 1984, remains a Pinecrest institution. The Burgers sold what grew into a New York-style deli with additional locations in Miami Beach and Skylake to new owners in 1996.
The goodwill Burger built into both enterprises is as immense as one of Roasters' mile-high Reubens.
"[BBBK], which operates throughout the United States, charges up to 10 times more than its competitors and yet has a disproportionately high market share in its operating areas. Its service quality is so outstanding that the company rarely needs to make good on its guarantee (in 1986 it paid out only $120,000 on sales of $33 million — just enough to prove that its promises aren't empty ones)," wrote Harvard Business Review in a 1988 case study called The Power of Unconditional Service Guarantees.
Son Andrew Burger bought the company name back from S.C. Johnson in 2000 and operates Bugs Burger Bug Killers in Florida and Texas. "The kindest guy I know. He taught me a trade and morals and ethics," he said.
"A main reason that the Bugs Burger guarantee is a strong model for the service industry is that its founder, Al Burger, began with the concept of the unconditional guarantee and worked backward, designing his entire organization to support the no-pests guarantee—in short, he started with a vision of error-free service," the Harvard study read.
Actually, he started in the extermination business as a birthright — he was a fourth-generation exterminator. A 1983 Christian Science Monitor profile recounts how Burger grew BBBK after he peeked behind the curtains at a swank Miami restaurant and spotted a "million" roaches.
"Everyone was laughing when I told the restaurant owner I would guarantee I'd get rid of every pest or he didn't owe me a dime. The steward immediately started taking bets … and he ended up making more money on the deal than I did," Burger told the magazine.
In 1991, Burger similarly acted on inspiration with his other love, food, when he created cream cheese-stuffed Bagel Balls at Roasters 'n Toasters. "People like bagels and cream cheese — they go together — so I just started experimenting," he told the Herald in 2008.
In 1993, Burger patented his Bagel Balls, received over $1 million for the rights, licensed the product to Medley bagel maker Gary Schwartzberg, and his creation was sold to Kraft in 2006. Kraft markets them in groceries' frozen food sections as Bagel-fuls.
"I always called him the world's best cook," Sandee Burger said. "When we opened Roasters he came up with all these healthy recipes, but that's not going to fly. People wanted corned beef and pastrami, not healthy."
Burger, who started cooking at age 8 for his family, was a cook in the U.S. Army during the Korean War but wasn't shipped overseas because the brass was so taken with his kitchen skills, his wife of nearly 57 years said. "The head of base said, 'No way! You're not taking my cook!' He once cooked for Eleanor Roosevelt who praised his cooking. He loved to brag about that. Who likes good Army food?"
In addition to his wife and two children, Burger is survived by grandchildren Jacob and Dani Greenberg, and Tali, Jonathan and David Burgerand daughter-in-law Michele Burger. Services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Temple Judea, 5500 Granada Blvd., Coral Gables.
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New Releases
Well, really the only noteworthy games out this week are Star Wars: The Old Republic and Trine 2. Here's hoping that Zack can resist the urge!
Oldest first! Rock's feature, Price Dropasaurus! Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is live, and damn does he love that game!
Chris did a followup to his Snoopy's Street Fair review, with Pro-Tips: Snoopy's Street Fair for iOS.
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Lastly, Episode 13 of KGB Radio is now live! Check it out as we sit down with internet sensation, the amazing D. Bethel!
We're taking a week long break after Christmas, and rather than have a dead site for a week, we've got something pretty excellent going on instead! All week after Christmas, every day we'll be posting our contributors' personal Game of the Year articles! Be sure to check back to see what our personal picks are!
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You are a pretty good athlete when the lead singer of a country group recognizes your talent.
Granted, that singer was Mark Miller, lead singer for Sawyer Brown who also just happened to play basketball at Central Florida and was coaching AAU ball.
But for JeQuan Lewis, who grew up in Dickson, Tenn., a town of about 15,000 just west of Nashville, country singers come with the territory.
"I am not sure if a lot of people know where it is. It is so overlooked," says Lewis, who is generously listed at 6-1. "Not so many people make it out."
But Lewis did, thanks to Miller, who took the small point guard under his wings when Lewis was in sixth grade.
Lewis was a basketball and football star at Dickson County High School and was so adept at quarterback that Marshall University recruited him to play both sports in college.
But prior to his senior year of high school Lewis was spotted on the AAU hoop trail by Will Wade, at the time an assistant coach under Shaka Smart at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Wade, who is also from Tennessee, saw Lewis at a tournament in Kentucky.
"A friend of mine said you may want to check out this Tennessee Tiger kid," Wade recalled.
Lewis turned down the chance to be a two-sport athlete at Marshall in order to play basketball at VCU, where he is now a senior point guard entering this weekend's Atlantic 10 tournament with a berth in the NCAA Tournament at hand.
Was it hard to go from small-town Dickson to the urban campus of VCU?
"Not really. Dickson is 20 minutes from Nashville, and I spent a lot of time in Nashville. It was not too bad," Lewis said.
With Wade in his second season as the head coach after Smart left for Texas, Lewis is averaging 14.3 points and 4.6 assists per game after he played in his last regular-season home game Saturday, a 72-60 victory over rival George Mason.
"One of the best point guards in the league," said senior teammate Mo Alie-Cox.
Lewis finished with nine assists and no turnovers while playing 25 minutes and scoring just one point. In contrast he had a career-high 34 points last month against Saint Joseph's. VCU had 20 assists as a team and just five turnovers against Mason.
"At the end of the day I am a point guard," said Lewis, standing on the court at the Siegel Center late Saturday afternoon. "I know I can score. If my team needs me to score 30 I will score 30. Tonight it was all about getting my team involved. I have had my scoring spurts."
VCU clinched the second seed in the A10 and will play Friday in Pittsburgh against the winner of Thursday's George Mason-Fordham game.
"We are a tournament team," said Lewis, surrounded by family and friends in Richmond. "We are just ready to carry it forward."
Mason, pegged for 12th in the conference in the preseason, is 19-12 overall and 9-9 in the Atlantic 10.
"I think we have made tremendous improvement," Mason head coach Dave Paulsen said after Saturday's game at VCU. "But we came down here to win. Their pressure … wears you down."
That includes Lewis, who came up big in a pair of last-second road wins Feb. 4 at St. Bonaventure and Feb. 8 at George Washington.
He hit a free throw in the closing seconds to force overtime against the Bonnies when an administrative technical was called. VCU then won in overtime 83-77 as Lewis had 18 points and seven assists.
The scene was nearly repeated four days later in the nation's capital, when Lewis hit two free throws with four-tenths of a second left as the Rams beat George Washington 54-53. Lewis scored all eight of his points in the final minutes.
Lewis scored a then career-high 29 points in a career-best 42 minutes last season at Richmond.
"It is fun; they are down the street from us," he said of facing the Spiders. "I take it personally. When we are on the road the fans are right there with us."
That will be the case in Pittsburgh, where the black and gold colors of VCU will mesh well in a city where the Pittsburgh Steelers are heavily lauded.
Lewis came off the bench in 35 games as a freshman and averaged 5.9 points and had 69 assists.
As a sophomore he played in 35 games, with 16 starts, and averaged 8.5 points with 95 assists.
Last season as a junior he played in 36 games, with 34 starts, and averaged 11.3 points and had 183 assists.
Lewis hopes to play pro basketball in North America after he graduates in May. The NBA is the goal, but he would take the D-league over playing overseas in order to be closer to family.
"If we keep winning, that will help. The D-league is just an opportunity," he said.
David Driver is a freelance writer based in Cheverly, Md. Follow him on Twitter at @DaytonVaDriver